UNHCR welcomes Iceland’s decision to join global efforts to end statelessness
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Iceland’s accession to the United Nations Statelessness Conventions, key international treaties to counter statelessness. “We welcome Iceland’s accession, which brings the world one step closer towards ending statelessness,” said...
Refugees receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Jordan
Jordan has become one of the world’s first countries to start COVID-19 vaccinations for refugees, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reports today. Raia Alkabasi, an Iraqi refugee living in the northern city of Irbid, was the first UNHCR-registered refugee in the country...
UNHCR relocates first Ethiopian refugees to a new site in Sudan
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
UNHCR welcomes Turkmenistan’s decision to grant citizenship to 2,580 stateless people
In a significant step to end statelessness on its territory, Turkmenistan has granted citizenship to 2,580 people, following issuance of a Presidential Decree on the subject this month. Sixty per cent of those intended to benefit from the Decree are stateless women,...
UNHCR Thailand commemorates 70 years of protecting people forced to flee
Forced displacement globally has nearly doubled in the past decade. Nearly 80 million people are refugees, internally displaced or stateless today – or 1 in every 100 people. The UNHCR 70th Anniversary Exhibition opens today highlighting the efforts of UNHCR,...
UNHCR applauds Kenya’s decision to resolve the statelessness of the Shona and other communities
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the Government of Kenya’s decision to grant citizenship to 1,670 stateless Shona and 1,300 stateless persons of Rwandan descent who qualify under the law as Kenyan citizens. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the landmark...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Sudan as new refugee arrivals cross 43,000
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Global statelessness photo exhibition opens in Bangkok
A photo exhibition highlighting local and global efforts to address the issue of statelessness opens today at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) in commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, global campaign to end statelessness....
UNHCR urges states to end limbo for stateless people by 2024
COVID-19 is worsening the plight of millions of stateless people worldwide, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today. Marking the sixth anniversary of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign, aimed at ending statelessness by 2024, Grandi called on world leaders...